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           SotheKingwasgreatlypleased,andclappedhishandstosummonhisChiefSteward.

           "Showthesegueststosomeofthesleepingapartments,"hecommanded,"andbequickaboutit,too,forI’mdreadfullysleepymyself."

           "You’venobusinesstositupsolate,"repliedtheSteward,gruffly."You’llbeascrossasagriffintomorrowmorning."

           HisMajestymadenoanswertothisremark,andtheChiefStewardledDorothythroughanotherdoorwayintoalonghall,fromwhichseveralplainbutcomfortablesleepingroomsopened.Thelittlegirlwasgiventhefirstroom,andtheScarecrowandTiktokthenext--althoughtheyneverslept--andtheLionandtheTigerthethird.TheSawhorsehobbledaftertheStewardintoafourthroom,tostandstifflyinthecenterofituntilmorning.EachnightwasratheraboretotheScarecrow,TiktokandtheSawhorse;buttheyhadlearnedfromexperiencetopassthetimepatientlyandquietly,sincealltheirfriendswhoweremadeoffleshhadtosleepanddidnotliketobedisturbed.

           WhentheChiefStewardhadleftthemalonetheScarecrowremarked,sadly:

           "Iamingreatsorrowoverthelossofmyoldcomrade,theTinWoodman.Wehavehadmanydangerousadventurestogether,andescapedthemall,andnowitgrievesmetoknowhehasbecomeanornament,andislosttomeforever."

           "Hewasal-waysanor-na-menttoso-ci-e-ty,"saidTiktok.

           "True;butnowtheNomeKinglaughsathim,andcallshimthefunniestornamentinallthepalace.Itwillhurtmypoorfriend’spridetobelaughedat,"continuedtheScarecrow,sadly